[sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] SUDO: macbook experts?

[johanna faust]

jeez.

happy with my ppc.

On 3/1/15, max b <maxb.personal at gmail.com> wrote:
> Even something as simple as replacing the battery in the newest line of
> macbooks is a real PITA and might or might not include replacing part of
> the case or trackpad and/or some gluing and/or ungluing....
>
> http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/macbook-pro-retina-display-faq/macbook-pro-retina-display-13-how-to-replace-battery.html
>
> https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Retina+Display+Late+2013+Teardown/18695
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 2:59 PM, johanna faust <female.faust at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> you may have merely shorted out the little 'brain' in the battery
>>
>> have you tried another battery?
>>
>> On 2/26/15, Akwerius <akwerius at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Thanks for all the responses ya'll!!! really appreci-love it.
>> > I will give another try to the genius bar with a smile this time :)
>> > bless
>> >
>> > On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Julio Rios <julio.rios at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I was going to recommend InHomeMac, which was a repair shop on Mandela
>> >> and
>> >> 10th St, but I can't find it online any more, so they may no longer
>> >> exist.... but they may have just moved or renamed.  Anyway, going to a
>> >> shop
>> >> is a good source of last resort.  Hope it doesn't get to that if it's
>> >> just
>> >> the charging module.
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:15 PM, danarauz at gmail.com
>> >> <danarauz at gmail.com
>> >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> MAYBE IT IS NOT, BUT...
>> >>> If the computer works, and only the charging part is not happening...
>> >>> i
>> >>> would make sure the contacts are clean, using a dry toothbrush
>> >>> wouldn't
>> >>> hurt. The power connector has a magnet property, a staple or
>> >>> something
>> >>> like
>> >>> that could have gotten there; or simple some dirt.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 6:27 PM, max b <maxb.personal at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> eeesh I'm sorry to hear that. I would be a little hesitant to let
>> >>>> just
>> >>>> anyone work on that one, unless you really trusted them and their
>> >>>> abilities.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I don't know how successful it would be, but if you took it to the
>> >>>> apple
>> >>>> store and told them it wasn't charging and conveniently left out the
>> >>>> part
>> >>>> where there was any water involved, you might have some luck....
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Akwerius <akwerius at gmail.com>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> right. it's a macbook pro retina (late 2013)... apparently one of
>> >>>>> the
>> >>>>> worst in terms of repairability.
>> >>>>> thank you for forwarding the message to the larger list.
>> >>>>> kwe
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 6:18 PM, max b <maxb.personal at gmail.com>
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> I've copied sudo-discuss on this email so that all of the sudo
>> >>>>>> folks
>> >>>>>> get this message. I think a lot of them aren't subscribed to the
>> onmi
>> >>>>>> emails.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> One useful thing to know would be what year/model macbook it is.
>> >>>>>> It
>> >>>>>> makes a really big difference in terms of how easy it is to open
>> >>>>>> it
>> up
>> >>>>>> and
>> >>>>>> dig around.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Akwerius <akwerius at gmail.com>
>> >>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> hi everyone,
>> >>>>>>> just wondering if anybody in sudo room knows how to fix macbooks?
>> >>>>>>> i
>> >>>>>>> accidentally spilled water on mine and it is not charging
>> >>>>>>> anymore.
>> >>>>>>> everything else seems to work fine but i'm on 5% batt. life left.
>> >>>>>>> tried the
>> >>>>>>> rice trick, didn't work. any help would truly be appreci-loved.
>> give
>> >>>>>>> thanks,
>> >>>>>>> kwe
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
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